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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH030 : Oxalis corniculata L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 67  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Geraniales
Family : Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family
Genus : Oxalis L. - woodsorrel
Species : Oxalis corniculata L. - creeping woodsorrel
Plant Location in Melghat : Shade of walls, stream and river beds  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Common  
Plant Family : Oxalidaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : K- Khatta Zara, Indian sorrel, Seh-patti, Tinpatiya, Anboti, Chuka tripati, Bhilmori, Khatari, Ambali, Chicha, Umbuti, Ambuti, Bhinsarpati, Aambotee, Ambata chukaa
 
Synonym : Oxalis foliosa Blatter.
Oxalis repens Thunb.
Oxalis villosa M. Bieb.


Description : Plants creeping, pubescent, rooting at the nodes. Leaflets 4—15 mm long, 8—32 mm broad, obcordate, pilose-tomentose. Flowers solitary or in 2—5 flowered axillary umbels. Pedicel 5—15 mm long, deflexed in fruit. Bracts 3—5, linear. Sepals 5, linear lanceolate, pilose. Petals 5, yellow. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 5, pubescent; styles longer than the shorter stamens. Capsule 1—2.5 cm long, subcylindric, pubescent. Seeds 1.5 mm long, brown, transversely ribbed. Fl. Per. March December.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Antibiotic, good appetizer, removes kapha, vata, and piles; astringent cures dysentery and Diarrheas, skin diseases and quarten fevers, Leaves are anti-inflammatory, Refrigerant and antiscorbutic
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Palmitic acid
Oleic acid
Linoleic acid
Linolenic acid
Stearic Acid
Beta-sitosterol
Betulin
4-hydroxybenzoic acid
Ethyl gallate
5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone

Reference : ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :